Kwame

Brown

It’s disappointing that Brown isn’t closer to being ready to play two months after getting hurt. If Brown doesn’t get to do much in the preseason, Etan Thomas will open the season as the Wizards’ starting center.

Doctors actually said that Brown is only sure to miss the entire exhibition season plus the first game (Nov. 3), so president of basketball operations Ernie Grunfeld thinks Brown’s personal estimates are a tad pessimistic. In any case, it’s a big setback in Brown’s development.

Etan Thomas would have been a starter with Brown out for the beginning of the season, but he’s out indefinitely with an abdominal strain.

When Brown does return, he’ll be playing for a new contract, so we’ll have to see what that does to the chemistry of the Wizards.

He reportedly looked very good, but is still probably a couple weeks away from playing.

Witnesses said Brown walked away from Jordan while Jordan was trying to speak to him about a blown defensive assignment, and later refused to join the huddle. Brown is averaging 6.0 points and 1.5 rebounds in 11.5 minutes since coming off the IL.

Brown will take his minutes where he can get them.

This season looks to be a wash for Kwame, as his feet and legs have given him problems since he had off-season foot surgery. If you’ve been holding him, we’d recommend letting him go for a healthy body.

The results were expected back today. Stay tuned.

Jordan believes Brown won’t be at full strength until January, so he has some time to work with his rotation. Ruffin owns the NBA season-high mark of 11 offensive rebounds in Monday’s game.